Lessons from Europe: how to make progress in difficult times

Newsmavens curators have collected examples of initiatives, ideas and actions in their countries which have moved the dial on important issues that many regions are facing. Explore the list and note the red flag.

How to take matters into your own hands (when you are a refugee): representatives of 11 nations have come together to create a refugee choir in Hungary, where government backed anti immigration rhetoric is on the rise. Migration

How to get back up (when you are a young woman of Syrian origins in France): 22 year old singer of Syrian origins left a popular television singing show when her social media posts revealed she had been critical of the French government. The public was torn and divided. Now, she is back and has announced she will record an album.

Romania -- This week the Justice Minister, Tudorel Toader, called for the dismissal of Laura Codruta Kövesi, the head of the national anti-corruption agency and one of country's most popular politicians. The move is being linked to Kövesi’s opposition to a governmental decree that would have decriminalized certain forms of corruption and seen dozens of officials freed. Given the support of the Romania's president Klaus Johannis, Kövesi's popularity and the public's disillusionment with politicians, this development could trigger wave of protests comparable to those of February 2017.

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